# William Shatner

> He played a starship captain on television for three seasons in the 1960s, then spent the next five decades watching that role become bigger than anyone predicted - including seven films, guest appearances in spinoffs, and a second act that leaned into the myth with enough self-awareness to win Emmys for comedy.

*Canadian actor (born 1931)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-shatner

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1931-03-22
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born March 22, 1931, in Canada, Shatner worked his way through Canadian film and television before landing American guest spots and, in 1966, the lead in Star Trek as Captain James T. Kirk - a role he carried through every episode of the original series, 21 of 22 animated episodes, and the first seven feature films until 1994's Star Trek Generations. Between and after Trek, he played a veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker from 1982 to 1986, hosted Rescue 911 for seven years, and guest-starred on Columbo and in Miss Congeniality. His second peak came in 2004 when he joined The Practice as attorney Denny Crane, a character he rode into Boston Legal's entire run through 2008, winning two Emmys and proving he could play the joke without losing the edge. He also recorded albums - starting with 1968's The Transformed Man - that turned songs into dramatic recitations, peaking with 2011's Seeking Major Tom, and in 2021, at 90, he flew into space aboard Blue Origin NS-18, becoming the oldest person to leave the atmosphere.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 76.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 42.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 90.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #14
- **Category rank:** #135
- **Total followers across platforms:** 2,810

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/WilliamShatner (@WilliamShatner)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/williamshatner (@williamshatner)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000638/ (@nm0000638)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2dPqql8xbby3nWuf98mAza (@2dPqql8xbby3nWuf98mAza)
- **WEBSITE**: http://williamshatner.com/
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKZjvgM4qMUKDpvXt1wpZYw (@William Shatner - Topic, 2,810 followers)

## Timeline
- **2020** - WWE Hall of Fame
- **2017** - Officer of the Order of Canada
- **2005** - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- **2004** - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- **2000** - Canada's Walk of Fame
- **1990** - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
- **1983** - Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- **1959** - Theatre World Award
- **1958** - The Brothers Karamazov
- **1931** - Born

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